How do you know if a book you pirated is complete/original/full etc ? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by misc@lemmy.sdf.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I downloaded a certain epub from Anna's archive but as i have never read it before and i don't know if it is a bad/incomplete copy or the real thing . I don't think I'm allowed to say which book it is but do feel free to correct me and i'll edit it in . So how do you solve this issue ? Like if it was a movie or tv episode i can check the length and can tell if it was cut . Do i have to download multiple copies ? even then how would i compare ? Anna's archive is showing me so many results on the same book . If anyone wanna help me out by sending me the links to a copy they are sure is full/real thing as they have read it before do feel free to dm or reach out on this thread if that's not against the rule .

Just to let everyone know which book i'm talkin about i'll drop a hint - It has a show in which a pretty beloved celebrity starred who is also a huge fan of the series and quit due to showrunners incompetence . It also has a pretty succesful game series and the book i'm trying to read is the first one of the series which consists of many shorts stories if i'm not mistaken . If this is also against the rules do let me know and i'll remove it .

Edit : typos and maybe wrong sub or c or whatever and maybe might have broken a few rules even tho i have tried hard to not breake any .

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[-] misc@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

Yes but page number comparison doesn't work well with epub's does it ? Is there any other way to compare ?

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I haven't tested this but Calibre has a plugin that will give you the word count of an epub, so I'd assume if you got a few copies and the word counts were pretty much the same it should be a fairly safe bet. There might be some variation for dedications, forewords etc. though depending on the version.

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If the book have volumes and chapters you can compare that if not take a peak at the very end of the book and see if it end with the same word (less accurate and might accidentally spoil yourself)